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=PLC Team Building //Spotlight// Activity=

__Purpose__
==Together we're better! The purpose of this activity is to build relationships during collective camaraderie. Interpersonal relationships and a shared vision for collaborative team building are important building blocks of a Professional Learning Community.==

__Time Required__
==The duration of the Spotlight activity is determined by the number of rounds that are played during the activity. Teachers' time is limited and important, the activity should not last over 15-20 minutes. This activity could be scheduled at the beginning of each PLC for a month so that all faculty members had a chance to be in the spotlight.==

__Number of Participants__
==Optimally, four to six participants are spotlighted at one time. The participants rotate into the Spotlight and then out of the Spotlight and a new participant takes their place. This activity would work with a group of ten teachers placing three in the Spotlight at once, but would be most effective and fun with a group of 20-30 teachers with four to six in the spotlight at one time.==

__Supplies Needed__
==Each member of the group (PLC) needs one 5" x 7" index card, pen or pencil and a great sense of humor. Depending on the number attending the meeting you will need 3-6 chairs. The facilitator will also need a computer, projector, whiteboard and a set of ActiVotes (student response system).==

You will need to set up 3-6 chairs, side by side facing the audience in the front of the meeting room. The number of chairs depends upon the size of the group attending the PLC.
==The facilitator will also need the 5"x7" index cards and pens or pencils available at the front door as the participants sign in. The ActiVotes (student response system) should be placed on each of the tables where the group members will be sitting for the meeting. There should be one "clicker" for each of the meeting participants.==
 * ==Number of teachers attending PLC== || ==Number of chairs needed in the Spotlight== ||
 * ==10 Teachers/Administrators== || ==3 Chairs in Spotlight== ||
 * ==20 Teachers/Administrators== || ==4 Chairs in Spotlight== ||
 * ==30-40 Teachers/Administrators== || ==6 Chairs in Spotlight== ||

__Introduction__
==**"Welcome to our Professional Learning Community, our first outcome today is to Spotlight some of our members and get to know one another better. Over the next four to six weeks each of you is going to get a chance to sit in the Spotlight! Each PLC we will ask each of you for different personal information. Today you have each been given a 5x7 index card, please take the next five minutes to write down the funniest, most embarrassing or most adventurous thing that you have ever done. Make sure it is something that you won't mind sharing with the group. Please be careful that no one around you sees what you are writing. When you are finished, place you name on the card and fold it over once."**==

3. Facilitator selects 3-6 teachers and asks them to sit "in the Spotlight" chairs. Facilitator collects the cards from the Spotlight participants.
==4. The facilitator announces each participant in the Spotlight by name, then explains, "I am going to read one of the cards and I want you to use your ActiVote (response system) to vote for the teacher sitting in the Spotlight that you think best fits the information on the card that is being shared. You may collectively talk together at your tables, you have one minute to cast your individual vote." The Spotlight participants' names appear on the screen in front of the room with #1, #2, #3, #4, etc. next to them.== ==5. If a simple majority selects/votes for the person who matches the card scenario, that person leaves the Spotlight selecting another person to take his/her place in the Spotlight before he/she sits down.==